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Endless Exploration: Judaism’s Only “Principle of Faith”

Hasdai Crescas criticized Maimonides for counting belief as a Mitzvah, arguing that we have no control over what we believe. Dovid Campbell explores a surprisingly common defense of Maimonides that places his views closer to those of Crescas than we might have initially imagined.

Finding Meaning in Determinism: How Jewish Thinkers Reconcile the Contradiction between...

Natan Oliff looks at the various ways Jewish thinkers have found meaning in determinism.